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Achatinella stewartii

(Oahu Treesnail)

Overview

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Critically Endangered

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Oahu Treesnail, Pupu Kuahiwi

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Gastropoda () - Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
        Subclass: Orthogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
        Superorder: Heterobranchia () - J.E. Gray, 1840
        Order: Stylommatophora () - Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
        Suborder: Eupulmonata () - (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
        Infraorder: Stylommatophora () - A. Schmidt, 1855
        Superfamily: Achatinelloidea () - Gulick, 1873
        Family: Achatinellidae () - Gulick, 1873
        Genus: Achatinella () - Reeve, 1850
        Specific name: stewartii - Green, 1827
        Scientific name: - Achatinella stewartii Green, 1827

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Achatinella

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 40 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. abbreviata (Oahu Treesnail) · A. apexfulva (Oahu Treesnail) · A. apexfulva cestus (Oahu Treesnail) · A. apexfulva leucorraphe (Oahu Treesnail) · A. apexfulva vittata (Oahu Treesnail) · A. bellula (Oahu Treesnail) · A. buddii (Oahu Treesnail) · A. bulimoides (Oahu Treesnail) · A. bulimoides elegans (Oahu Treesnail) · A. bulimoides rosea (Oahu Treesnail) · A. byronii (Oahu Treesnail) · A. caesia (Oahu Treesnail) · A. casta (Oahu Treesnail) · A. concavospira (Oahu Treesnail) · A. curta (Oahu Treesnail) · A. decipiens (Oahu Treesnail) · A. decora (Oahu Treesnail) · A. dimorpha (Oahu Treesnail) · A. fulgens (Oahu Treesnail) · A. fuscobasis (Oahu Treesnail) · A. juddii (Oahu Treesnail) · A. juncea (Oahu Treesnail) · A. lehuiensis (Oahu Treesnail) · A. lila (Oahu Treesnail) · A. livida (Oahu Treesnail) · A. lorata (Oahu Treesnail) · A. mustelina (Oahu Treesnail) · A. papyracea (Oahu Treesnail) · A. phaeozona (Oahu Treesnail) · A. pulcherrima (Oahu Treesnail) · A. pupukanioe (Oahu Treesnail) · A. sowerbyana (Oahu Treesnail) · A. spaldingi (Oahu Treesnail) · A. stewartii (Oahu Treesnail) · A. taeniolata (Oahu Treesnail) · A. thaanumi (Oahu Treesnail) · A. turgida (Oahu Treesnail) · A. valida (Oahu Treesnail) · A. viridans (Oahu Treesnail) · A. vulpina (Oahu Treesnail)

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Further Reading

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1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 131.
Biology in America [by] R. T. Young, with more than two hundred illustrations. Boston, R. G. Badger[c1922] url p. 255.
Biology in America [by] R.T. Young, with more than two hundred illustrations. Boston: R.G. Badger, [c1922] url p. 255.
Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- url , p. 41.
Check list of Hawaiian land and fresh water Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii, The Museum, 1928. url p. 26.
Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 21.
Evolution, racial and habitudinal. Washington, D.C., Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1905. url , , p. 1, p. 41.
Land snails from Hawaii, Christmas island, and Samoa / Honolulu, Hawaii: The Museum, 1928. url p. 34, p. 39.
Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1885-1935. url p. 191, p. 191, p. 195, p. 195, p. 199, p. 199, p. 205, p. 205, p. 206, p. 206, p. 207, p. 207, p. 208, p. 208, p. 210, p. 210, p. 211, p. 211, p. 212, p. 212, p. 409, p. 409, p. 412, p. 412, p. 60, p. 60.
The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book IUCN url p. 167, p. 25, p. 617.
World Checklist of Fish and Invertebrates Listed in the CITES Appendices Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 23.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Hadfield, M. & Hadway, L. 1996. Achatinella stewartii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 29January2012.
IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 10, 2007:

Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5755973
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16145222
IUCN ID: 188397
Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGASN7330
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 175149

Footnotes

Hadfield, M. & Hadway, L. 1996. Achatinella stewartii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 January 2012. [back]

Last Revised: 7/16/2012